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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of students attend Wilson High?

2. What is another word for 'odd' according to one of the students?

3. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?

4. Why does the class split up their junior year?

5. What makes studying Camelot and King Arthur more interesting for the students?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does a student decide 'odd' is not a three-letter word, but a seven-letter word?

2. Who is Miep Gies?

3. What is tagging?

4. Why is Gruwell stereotyped by some of the other teachers?

5. Why does Zlata highly respect and admire Gruwell?

6. In Diary 46, why does a student's father dislike her best friend?

7. Why does one student feel like Cinderella after a dinner at the Century City Marriott?

8. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?

9. Why is Zlata Filipovic pleased and honored to write a foreword for "The Freedom Writers Diary"?

10. As described in Chapter 1, why does a student get a gun to protect him/herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the fall semester of the sophomore year, a student struggles with the decision of whether to protect a "homie" and lie in court or to tell the truth. Before the student went to courtroom, what does s/he plan to say? What changes the student's mind? What conversation with his/her mother may be a factor in the student's decision? What circumstances in the student's own life may influence the student's decision? What does the student finally decide to do? Why?

Essay Topic 2

When Zlata comes to visit and people ask her her nationality, she tells them "I'm a human being." Why is it strange that adults ask this question? What happens if instead of labeling people, people are treated as individuals? What does the writer of Diary 47 say about this incident? How is the world a better place if we are all treated just as human beings? What happens if there are no labels?

Essay Topic 3

Things change for the Freedom Writers from the time they begin classes with Gruwell their freshman year beyond when they graduate from high school. What are some changes students make? What books, people, or events help students to change? List examples from the book of how specific students change and what specific things help the students to change.

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